Someone once described me as a nerd disguised as a normal man. I'm
friendly, calm, intelligent, and humorous in some witty and
sarcastic way. I'm a scientist working with cyber technology and
computer security.

I like discovering new things. Travel through Siberia, diving in
the Red Sea, walking through the old streets of Jerusalem, road
trips in the US, motorcycling around small islands. Old ruins,
historical places, endless views and abandoned old roads.

Complicated things are fun. I'm not into technological toys like
smart phones and similar gadgets; my mobile phone sees very little
use. It is more the complex systems and patterns that I find
interesting. Some sort of artistic admiration about how everything
is connected. I have no problems learning complicated rules of
board games.

I own and read many fantasy and science fiction books, but I'm not
really an avid reader. More often I read newspapers and magazines.
But if I have to mention some book that has made the biggest
impression on me, it would be "Katanga: Svensk FN-trupp i Kongo
1961-62" by Jonas Waern. A combination of biography and history
book about the military operations of the Swedish UN-troops in
Kongo. Relatedly, I do own a dusty blue beret, acquired from my
services in the UN Peacekeeping Forces.

I do like more adventurous, action and mystery movies, often with a
science fiction theme. Like "The Island", "Avatar" or "National
Treasure". Or thought provoking ones like "Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind".

I don't watch much TV currently. British humour like "The Office"
or "Black Adder", or military history like "Band of Brothers".
Sometimes I get stuck a whole evening in front of historical
documentaries or animal and nature programs.

I only listen to music when driving or dancing. Elsewhere it
disturbs my brain.

I enjoy boardgames with some economic build up like Race for the
Galaxy, Lords of Waterdeep or Hawaii. Some cooperative games like
Mansions of Madness or Arkham Horror is also fun. Every week is an
on-going role playing campaign: Pathfinder or Traveller.

When hungry: sauerkraut and sausages, pickled herring, Mexican taco
pie, spicy Indian chickpea stew. I don't have the English names for
all my recipes.

From the "Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge",
animals are categorized into the following groupings:

1. Those that belong to the Emperor
2. Embalmed ones
3. Those that are trained
4. Suckling pigs
5. Mermaids
6. Fabulous ones
7. Stray dogs
8. Those included in the present classification
9. Those that tremble as if they were mad
10. Innumerable ones
11. Those drawn with a very fine camelhair brush
12. Others
13. Those that have just broken a flower vase
14. Those that from a long way off look like flies

This is a multiple choice question for you. What do you think I
would do on a typical Friday night?

a) Turn on the TV, watch some sports and fall asleep in front of
it.
b) Go out and party all night, wake up in someone else's bed and
have no memory where I am or who she is.
c) Discuss with my dog about our weekend plans. Then endlessly
follow links on Wikipedia, interrupted by short bursts of gaming.
Feed the cat.
d) Call my mother and talk for two hours. Then clean the kitchen
and go to bed early.